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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. I

ELIAs Home, or RED CREEK., 'NEW Yoan.

THlLL-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent lvm-293,173, dated February 5, 1884.

' Applicanon' fried oetober 2s, issn. (No mean.) v

following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has ielation to improvements in thill-couplings, and it is an improvement on Letters Patent granted to me on the 21st day of February, 1882, by the United States, and numbered 254,016; and the invenvtion consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a' pressure-rod adjustably applied to the under side of the thills and adapted to bear against the coupling-bolt, whereby rattling of said coupling is prevented.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, `in which Figure l represents a vertical sectional view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the rod.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the thill-iron, having a hook end, a, that connects with the transverse bolt b of the coupling. Beneath the coupling-iron A, and running parallel therewith, is rod c, one end, y, of which is flat and passes within the hook or opening a', and bears against the bolt aforesaid,while the forward end of said rod is round, and provided with screw-threads d, upon which is placed an adjusting-nut, e, that bears' against a lug, f, which is rigid with the thill-iron, and laterally perforated to receive the forward end of the rod aforesaid.

It will be seen by the above description and by reference to the annexed drawings, that when the adjusting-nut is screwed against the lug the rod is forced rearwardly, at the same time the hook on the thill-iron is brought forward, thus clamping between them the coupling-bolts, thereby securing the parts to one another, taking up wear upon the same and preventing rattling, and a thill-coupling constructed as herein described is easily applied and detached, and it is durable and cheap to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I claim,

and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

l. Ina thill-coupling, the combination, with the coupling-iron A, provided with the hooked end a, of the rod c, having the flat end g, adapted to bear against the coupling-bolt b, and forward screw end, d, to receivethe nut e, asshown, described, and for the purpose set forth.

2.- In a thill-coupling, the comb'inatiomwith ELIAS HOXIE.

lWitnesses O. B. HOXIE, C. O. PMERSOIY.V 

